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Marley Hill Primary School Church Street Marley Hill Newcastle Upon Tyne

DC/16/01079/FULFull ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 13 June 2017

Council decision: GrantPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Conversion of main school building to include partial demolition to create two residential properties and the erection of 20 dwellings to the rear, to include two x 2 bed semi-detached properties, three x 3 bed terraced properties, four x 3 bed detached properties and eleven x 4 bed detached properties with associated landscaping, parking, services and highway works.

Received
11 October 2016
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
4
Ward
Whickham South And Sunniside
  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.22 Dec
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided13 Jun

Decided in 242 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Marley Hill Primary School Church Street Marley Hill Newcastle Upon Tyne. Gateshead has handled 2,345 applications of this type. This one was decided in 245 days, 26 weeks longer than Gateshead's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 37 applications across Whickham South And Sunniside.

91% of full applications at Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Full Application
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
20

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2016
Consultation expiry
22 December 2016
Neighbour consultation end
22 December 2016
Last date for comments
8 March 2017
Target decision date
23 December 2016
Committee meeting
31 May 2017
Permission expires
13 June 2020

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Burn Court Burn Lane HEXHAM NE46 3HN

Planning decision

Statutory period
70 days

Additional information

Documents
87
Constraints
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Marley Hill CA
  • Green belt: Gateshead
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Associated applications

  1. 2017
    18 Dec

    Variation of Condition 1 of application DC/16/01079/FUL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)DC/17/01362/FUL
  2. 2016
    11 Oct

    Conversion of main school building to include partial demolition to create two residential properties and the…

    This applicationApprovedFullDC/16/01079/FUL

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